RE: [xsl] iterating over unstructured data

["Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> This may be a faq, but my searches have so far been unproductive.
> 
> For the data:
> 
> <root>
>   <foo>1</foo>
>   <bar>2</bar>
>   <foo>3</foo>
>   <bar>4</bar>
>   <foo>5</foo>
>   <bar>6</bar>
>   <foo>7</foo>
>   <bar>8</bar>
>   <foo>9</foo>
>   <bar>10</bar>
> </root>
> 
> I want to output the following format (foo followed by bar on 
> each line):
> 
> 1	2
> 3	4
> 5	6
> 7	8
> 9	10
> 
> What is the best way of going about this?
> 
<xsl:template match="foo">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="following-sibling::bar[1]"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="bar"/>

<xsl:template match="root">
<table>
<xsl:apply-templates select="foo"/>
</table>
</xsl:template>

Michael Kay
Software AG
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